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From: dave@wsccs.UUCP (VAX Headroom @ The End of the Galaxy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: getting current dir in dcl prompt
Message-ID: <161@wsccs.UUCP>
Date: 17 Feb 88 23:00:55 GMT
References: <8802080945.AA23905@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
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Summary: Here is what we did and it works


We put the following in sys$manager:cd.com


$ SET DEFAULT 'P1
$ SET PROMPT="''F$DIRECTORY()'> "
$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT "''F$ENVIRONMENT("DEFAULT")'"
$ EXIT

Then we defined cd in sys$manager:sylogin.com like so,:
cd:==@sys$manager:cd

Then the users who wanted their prompt changed just typed
cd newdirectory-specification.

Note:  This takes no time whatsoever (on our microvax) since
set default, set prompt, and write are all built into dcl and
do not require an image load.

I don't happen to use this and its ancient on our system; I have some ideas
to IMPROVE it greatly that I will get around to sometime.


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